I believe I found the link to the blog with instructions that I followed as a guideline in the diy tools group. Here I will try to post the link to the blog:link text
I think that the whole project cost about $20. Let’s see:
I had a 37” piece of pvc leftover from another project so that’s about 56 cents worth.
10 ft section of 1/2” pvc $1.81
1/2” crosses 2 @ .80= $1.60
1/2” end caps 4 @ .25=$1.00
3/4” tees 4 @ .40=$1.60
1/4” X 1” thumb screws 4 @ 2/$1.18=$2.36
3/8” rubber washers 1pkg of 10 (used 8) @ 1.47
#4 zinc washers 2 pkgs of 4 @ .45=$.90
non-skid foamy material from the 99 cent store $.99
u-glue for sticking the foamy stuff to the bottom $?.
so that’s 12.29 not including the u-glue or tax ($1.01!).
I also have some “extra” parts that I have not decided whether or not to use yet- four end caps for the horizontal arms ($1) and four elbows for the top ends of the vertical arms which some people with swifts like this have found useful to keep the yarn from slipping off (.22 ea = $.88)
so, with the extra parts and tax, the Grand Total is (drum roll, please) $15.18.

I used 1/2” pvc tubing and fittings for all the parts except the four 3/4” T’s that make the bases of the adjustable upright arms. The lazy Susan hardware is 6”; I got it at Home Depot. The legs are 14-1/2” ea. The horizontal arms are 15-1/2” ea. The vertical arms are 7-1/2” tall. I chose these lengths because that was the longest matching pieces I could get out of the two pieces of pvc I started with, and for dyeing, sometimes the hanks are quite LARGE. I used a miter box and saw to get really nice cuts.
I couldn’t find the appropriate nylon washers at the store, so I bought rubber ones and they work great.
I put non-skid strips (used u-glue to stick ‘em) of foamy fabric stuff from the 99 cent store on the bottom to keep it stable, and it does. A NOTE OF CAUTION- when I took the lazy susan hardware assembly out of the package, all of the edges were knife sharp, and it cut me immediately. I used a dremel-type tool to grind down all the edges the best I could, but I don’t trust it now and avoid touching it.
The thumb screws were very hard to turn until I rubbed a little parowax household wax on the threads. I also rub parowax on all of the fittings that I think I might want to disassemble in the future, I have found with my pvc niddy noddys that it helps keep them from getting permanently stuck (so far, anyway).
I love this thing. It can handle giant hanks.